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ChristianToday |
6:24am PST |
Evangelicals Condemn Channel 4 Dawkin Programme as Viciously Biased |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance last week condemned Richard Dawkins Channel 4 programme The Root of All Evil |
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ChristianToday |
5:35am PST |
Salvation Army Tackles Homelessness with Virtual Tour |
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Summary: The Salvation Army which is the largest single provider of accommodation for homeless people in the UK is |
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ChristianToday |
2:50am PST |
Latest Study Reveals Euthanasia Laws Not Needed says CARE |
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Summary: The Christian social concern charity CARE has greeted the results of the UKwide study into euthanasia that |
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ChristianToday |
2:22am PST |
Shells Church Shareholders Asked to Support Greater Accountability |
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Summary: Churchgoers with shares in multinational Royal Dutch Shell are being asked to support a resolution to make the company more socially responsible |
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BBC News |
2:20am PST |
Rapper sues 50 Cent over lyrics |
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Summary: Rapper 50 Cent is being sued for allegedly stealing a line for his 2003 hit single In Da Club. |
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Yahoo News |
2:11am PST |
Muslim Group to Call for Writer's Release (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A U.S. Muslim advocacy group arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to plead for the release of American hostage Jill Carroll, while an Iraqi official urged U.S. forces to free six detained Iraqi women in a bid to save the journalist. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10am PST |
Bird flu confirmed in deaths of 2 Indonesian children (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A laboratory in Hong Kong has confirmed
the H5N1 strain of bird flu killed two children from the same
family this month, a senior official at the Health Ministry
said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
2:10am PST |
Clashes erupt on Nepal's streets |
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Summary: Nepalese police round up hundreds of opposition activists in clashes on the streets of Kathmandu. |
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BBC News |
1:53am PST |
Nepal activists call for showdown |
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Summary: Nepalese opposition groups call for huge rallies in Kathmandu to demand a return to democracy. |
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Cnn.com |
1:34am PST |
Search on for whale in London |
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Summary: A wayward whale, which caused a stir after it was sighted in London's Thames River, was last spotted swimming aimlessly in fresh water. |
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BBC News |
1:26am PST |
Rescuers race to save lost whale |
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Summary: Rescuers are working out how to save a whale still trapped in the Thames, as the dangerous low tide approaches. |
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BBC News |
1:22am PST |
Searches for two fishermen resume |
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Summary: Searches resume for two fishermen missing after their boat sank near a Northern Ireland port. |
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BBC News |
1:03am PST |
Football: Scholes sees specialist |
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Summary: Paul Scholes will visit a second specialist to discover the reason for his blurred vision. |
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Yahoo News |
12:55am PST |
Bomb wounds 5 on Iraq president's staff (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Five members of the Iraqi
president's staff were wounded when a roadside bomb struck
their motorcade north of Baghdad, police said on Saturday,
adding that President Jalal Talabani was not present. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45am PST |
Analysts Search bin Laden Tape for Clues (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Osama bin Laden's warning this week about an upcoming attack on the United States answered at least one question about the al-Qaida leader: He is still alive, or at least was until very recently. |
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BBC News |
12:35am PST |
Banks family hold private funeral |
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Summary: The funeral of the former sports minister Tony Banks will be held in London on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
12:34am PST |
Assad to pledge reforms for Syria |
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Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is due to announce domestic reforms in a speech to lawyers in Damascus. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17am PST |
Group Tries to Evict Souter From Home (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Angered by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with a Connecticut city that wanted to seize homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one of the justices who voted for the decision evicted from his own home. |
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Cnn.com |
12:10am PST |
Wayward whale in London |
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Summary: A wayward whale, which caused a stir after it was sighted in London's Thames River, was last spotted swimming aimlessly in fresh water. |
